Re: April Digest - congrats Max Michell

["Andrew Honan" <ahonan@zipworld.com.au>]

My view Maurie is that it can't get any worse. The Feds have already
retreated from rail and have done so ever since One Nation.(Even One Nation
was a token gesture).

I reckon it can ONLY get better. I don't know how, but line haul rail is
effectively marginalised, and when a federal Govt. wakes up to the total
benefits of rail, they will do something about it. (I just don't know
whether I will be alive when they do it)

Regards
Andrew Honan

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:54:51 +1000, "Grahame Ferguson"
> <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote:
>
> >I would like to congratulare Max Michell on his article 'Great Rail
Setbacks
> >of the Century' in this month's Railway Digest.
> >
> >For those who have not read it, it has hit the nail on the head as far as
> >the problems besetting Australian railways.  Never has such truth been
> >spoken.
> >
> >One core cause is the fact the Commonwealth have never had total control
> >over our railways.  This has let us bicker between ourselves so that
> >Austrailian railways have become inwardly destructive.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Grahame
> >
> >
> >
> Yes its very sad indeed,and even more sadly , nothing has been learnt
> .
> The States are still going down the "doing our own thing road."
> None of the major recommendations of Neville,Smorgon or the PCs rail
> reports have been implemented.
> We will now never have a National Rail Network with a single Network
> Manager.
> We will have however an absurd mixture of State based track access
> regimes ,costly accreditation schemes , more incompatible radio
> systems .
> The road freight industry will continue to become more efficient and
> rail will be strangled by burecratic regulation.
>
> Im my view ,the Feds realise now that nothing can be done to fix rail
> and after their share of NRC is sold ,they will simply withdraw
> completely from the rail scene.
>
> MD
>
>
>